But the models we do have suggest that the overall effects of the rebates are modest at best.
The fear was that consumers would be fiscally responsible, and thus blunt the intended effects of the rebates.
It is also possible that the effects of the rebate will be even smaller than the model predicts.
Further, average marginal effects of the rebate offer on the type of stove purchased indicate that assignment to one of the two higher rebate levels causes a household to be more likely to purchase a Gcoil electric stove over their traditional stove.
But one expert says the effect of the rebates has been minimal at best.
New evidence of trouble emerged Tuesday when the government released data showing that retail sales grew by a scant 0.1percentt in June over the previous month — only one-fourth the increase economists had expected — in a potential sign that the effect of the rebate checks is already wearing off.
First, this Spring the Commission unanimously proposed a pilot study that will test the effects of rebates on market conditions.
Prices cited in the study "may not accurately reflect the actual amount paid in the U.S. or abroad," because they generally do not show the effects of rebates offered by drug manufacturers, the report said.
DHP adoption by single-family residences in the Pacific Northwest of the United States is investigated by quantifying the effects of utility-provided rebates and expenditures on activities such as advertising and installer training on the number of installations and forecasting installations through 2018.
Other important topics for future research include studies on the effects of financial incentives (rebates, retrofit subsidies, water reuse programs, public information campaigns, water rationing, and water restriction policies) on water demand.
